Greatest Hits [Special Edition, CD+DVD]

Amy Grant | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 2, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Special Edition, CD+DVD
• Label: Sparrow
• ASIN: B000V9KE10
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #208,704 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Simple Things

2. Takes A Little Time

3. Lucky One

4. House of Love

5. Baby Baby

6. Every Heartbeat

7. That's What Love Is For

8. Good For Me

9. I Will Remember You

10. Lead Me On

See all 19 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Lead Me On (Video)

2. Baby Baby (Video)

3. Every Heartbeat (Video)

4. House Of Love (Video)

5. Takes A Little Time (Video)

6. Looking Back - The Interview

7. Photo Gallery

8. "Take A Little Time" Ringtune (BONUS)

9. Friends Of Amy Club FREE trial membership

10. "Takes A Little Time" (acoustic) Audio only

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Interview video alone is worth the price, November 28, 2007

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J. SHARP (Alabama - United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

The greatest benefit (for new Amy fans and old) of this Special Edition - in my humble opinion - is the nearly half hour of interview footage she provides. Just sitting on the couch with a mug of coffee, reminiscing and vividly describing the hows and whys of the peaks and valleys of her recording career and her life, Amy demonstrates exactly why she has touched audiences and made devoted fans for three decades. It's nearly impossible not to like such an earthy, gentle person who is openly alloyed with the wonderment and messiness of real life. She's like an ideal next door neighbor that you'd love to sit around and discuss life, family, and faith with. And in some ways we already have because it's all there in her songs.

I am an Amy completist, so I already own every song and music video on this special edition set. It's difficult for me to judge the strength of the track selection because even though I love them all, there are dozens of favorite songs that aren't on it. That's just going to happen when trying to boil 30 years and 20-odd albums down into 19 songs.

I will say to the new or casual fan who is looking for a greatest hits CD to start their AG collection that this is a pretty good place to start. Her first compilation, The Collection was a good, relatively deep summation of Amy's purely Contemporary Christian period and is a great choice for those who want to focus solely on that era. Greatest Hits 1986-2004 covers her crossover and pop hit periods fairly well.

This CD is a very broad sampling of both eras - with better remastered sound quality for current systems. The mix of cheery 70s-style acoustics and string sections with 80s synthesizers and 90s adult pop can be a bit jarring but it's all part of Amy's growth over the decades. My only real gripe is the underrepresentation of her introspective and gut-wrenchingly honest work from Lead Me On and Behind the Eyes, which may be regarded by posterity as her two best albums.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amy Grant - She never stops getting better, September 26, 2008

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Brian E. Nahodil "Brian" (Catlett, VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

Amy never stops getting better with each release and re-digitization. This is a must have compilation of her most wonderful and greatest hits.

8 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great music but OK compilation..., October 6, 2007

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jak-uv-ol-traids (Carmichael, California United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

First off, the songs on this album are great. I enjoy each song.

I give the compilation 3 stars because this 2007 release pulls from 1986's 'The Collection' and her 'Greatest Hits, 1986-2004', but leaving out Big Yellow Taxi, Like I Love You, I'll Be Your Friend (which all hit the airwaves with so-so success), 2 new songs and a couple extras. This greatest hits rehashes those two albums while leaving out a few hits but includes 'Old Man's Rubble' which, were it a hit, seemed like it would have made it in 'The Collection'. If you're a new fan, you will appreciate this new release but if you have 'The Collection (remasterd)' and 'Greatest Hits 1986-2004', you have all the hits, plus.